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The participants were then  speakers  even  brought  up  corpses for some time.  A Dialogue with

 shown a video that explained  black-footed ferrets, which
 the reasons as to why corals  are the test subjects of  Lastly, the speakers brought   Lighting:
 were bleached and why  cloning-technology.  a final question to the table,
 they die. The causes of this   asking  participants  what   Photography

 phenomenon are mainly  On  an  international  they think they personally
 attributed to global warming.   scale, the United Nations  can  do  in  terms  of  wildlife   Lighting
 It was also made clear that  Environmental  Programme  conservation.  Some  of  Techniques
 corals are a good source  (UNEP) is well-known for its   them responded with the

 of sustenance for marine  dedication towards wildlife  5R concept, namely reduce,
 creatures. Thus, if coral reefs  conservation research. Every  reuse,  refuse,  recycle  and   Mr Anson Chong  Reported by:
 fail to be protected, the lack  year, the UNEP declares the  repurpose.  According  to  Chloe Soh Ke Er JR2Z(3)
 of such wildlife may cause  official date and theme of   the  speakers, the  most      On the 10th June 2022, the Kuen   no fixed rate for aperture. Next is the

 an imbalance in marine  World Environment Day,  obvious  answers  were  by   Cheng High School Photography   ISO. He suggested that the suitable
 ecosystems.  which in this year’s case, was  learning more about wildlife   Club organised a talk about lighting   range for ISO indoor is around 1600 to
 on  the  5th.of  June  with  the  conservation,  providing  techniques in photography. The guest   800. If the ISO is too high, it will cause
 Another example of a wildlife  theme of “Only One Earth”.   fundings to raise animals   speaker of the Talk was Mr Anson   the picture to have noise, which makes

 conservation  association Levin also talked about  in  conservation  centres,  Chong, A mobile game character   the photos unpresentable. Lastly, the
 is the Bornean Sun Bear  how whales are known to   not  buying  animal  skin   designer and storyboard action   shutter speed. The bigger the rate of
 Conservation Centre. Located  be “swimming ecosystems”,  products, reducing the usage   director.  the shutter speed, the faster the photo
 in Sabah, the conservation  due to the sheer amount of  of plastic items, volunteering   will be.

 centre is dedicated to rescue  fertiliser their droppings can  in environmental activities,      The emcees first started with a
 and rehabilitate sun bears.  hold, which in turn allows  using  green  technology,  brief introduction about the Talk, then      Next, Anson introduced us to
 However, not all wildlife  sea algae to grow abundantly.   reducing our carbon footprint   went ahead and invited our speaker   the three kinds of lighting: soft light,
 associations are ethical. For  It was said that 90% of  and many more.  of the day. Soon thereafter, Anson   hard light, and natural light. These

 instance, the Sedili Kecil  the oxygen in the world’s   took the stage and started things   lights  can  be  used  in  different  ways
 Horseshoe Crab Hatchery  atmosphere comes from the  To  conclude  the  webinar,   with a video on the demonstration of   to make our photos appealing. He
 and  Breeding  Centre  is  photosynthesis  of  sea  floras.  the  speakers  reminded  the photos and videos their institute   then moved on to the main part of the
 an association focused on  Besides, even when a whale   the  participants  about  produced. He then stated that lighting   talk: the three techniques of lighting,

 breeding and extracting the  dies, the carbon in their   how  important  wildlife  is very important in photography. To   which were the void, perspective, and
 blue blood out of horseshoe  bodies does not escape for   conservation is. They noted   take pictures with good lighting, you   high difference. First of all, he talked
 crabs in order to obtain its  centuries,  and  other  marine  that we, as humans, need the   have to grasp the scene.  about the high difference technique.
 medicinal properties. The  creatures may feast on their  Earth in order to survive, but   This technique allows us to only use

 the Earth could most likely      Moving on, Anson introduced   one light source for the lighting. It
 live just fine without us. Thus,   the three main keys to look out for   will  produce  photos with  high-grade
 it is our responsibility to take   when taking photos: aperture, ISO,   visuals and quality. Following up, is
 care of the planet, instead of   and shutter speed. As for the aperture,   the void. This technique is performed

 destroying it. The webinar   you have to adjust it based on the   by leaving the set as blank as possible,
 then ended with a quick   lighting of the set. Note that there is   hence letting the object take all the
 group photo and good-byes.

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 82  Khoo Xin Yi Sr1ScA                                                                                         83
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